Reality host and businessman Donald Trump is tearing into Daily Rundown host and NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd in a telephone interview.

Trump took issue with Todd's introduction that Trump wanted to respond to a poll:

"Let me just first start by saying I was watching the show for about two minutes and you said Donald Trump wanted to respond to a poll."

"Well, I didn't even know what poll you're talking about, number one, Chuck. I didn't call you, you called me about 40 times trying to get you on the show."

"Your statement is false. You said, "Donald Trump wanted to respond to a poll." Well, I didn't want to respond. your people called my office about 40 times asking me to go on the show. It's dishonest what you're saying, Chuck. I wish you would just sort of say it like it is. I think you would do better. I think you would get better ratings if you did that. Is it a correct statement that I did not call you that you called me?"

He added "I am doing NBC a favor by doing this show."

Trump kept alive his skepticism about President Barack Obama's birth certificate — but said he would leave that out of the Dec. 27 Newsmax debate he is moderating.

"Look, the most important issue is jobs. Whether or not he was born here — you know, to me it means something," he said. "I guess it doesn't mean a lot to a lot of people, to me it happens to mean something. The fact that they can't find any records that his mother was in the hospital — that, to me, means something. A lot of people don't care."

Trump added that Jon Huntsman called his office several times but he turned Huntsman down — a charge the Huntsman campaign denies, saying they refused to meet with Trump. "I'm sure he'll tell the truth about it since he's a Mormon," he said.

Trump blamed Karl Rove for leading Obama into office: "Karl Rove is going to lead them into doom."

Trump said he had a big fundraiser for Reince Priebus earlier this year, saying the RNC Chairman was very positive about the his debate.